king of front

Chapter 443 Restricting the center is over!
What the Thunder never expected was that Zhou Yang of the Rockets suddenly went berserk in the third game!The whole game is getting out of control!

In the end, the whole team had to accept the reality of defeat.The pre-match rhetoric and lofty ambitions made the team feel so fragrant at this time.

Immediately afterwards, the Thunder vowed to win the Rockets in the fourth game!But the result is still the Rockets win.

After learning these two lessons, the Thunder became much better.They boasted the Rockets in Game 4, and ended up winning Game 2 against the Thunder.Originally they wanted to beat the Rockets [-]:[-] at home, but things backfired.

In the end, the Rockets team came to the home court of the Oklahoma City Thunder.The first round of the playoffs this season was not smooth for every team. Although there were 4:0 sweeps, a considerable number of games did not have a 4:0 situation.

The media also said that it may not take a few years for such a situation to occur, and the situation among teams in the NBA will change a lot!

"It's exactly what you said. The Rockets have had an amazing season. We've been underdogs from the beginning, going back to the beginning of the regular season this season. I think my fans know we've all been through it. What. Seriously, we really want to win this game against the Rockets! It would be a lie to say that we don’t want to win!”

"It's not easy to win the Rockets, isn't it?" the female reporter looked at Westbrook sympathetically and said.

"Do you still need to ask? Yao Ming is a very dazzling opponent! If we hadn't let Yao Ming foul many times in the fifth game, we still don't know what the result will be. I feel that the Rockets seem to have more background. It's better. They have experienced so many playoffs over the years, so they have more experience than that. In any case, this game will see the outcome."

Westbrook has lost the excitement he had at the beginning of the playoffs, and now he looks quieter.It wasn't until the playoffs that the Thunder realized that the game here was really not fun.

Even if they fight each other desperately.In the end, the result was that the first 6 games were just a draw.Everything has to start over.Although the games of other teams were also stalemate, they were obviously the group that played the longest.

In the end, no matter who wins the game, there are not many rest periods.

"So the most important player in this game is not me, but Yao Ming?" Zhou Yang said seriously to Mengmeng in the hotel at this time.In order to avoid disturbing each other's sleep, the two slept in separate rooms.

Mengmeng is holding her pink laptop and looking at the computer seriously.She just dictated her opinion.Zhou Yang sat not far away, with a black laptop on the table.While watching the video of the previous game, he communicated with his current assistant Mengmeng.

"I think the Thunder must have enjoyed the sweetness in Game [-]. Yao Ming is great, but if the team's players let Yao Ming receive a certain number of fouls too early, it can limit Yao Ming's performance!"

"We really didn't pay attention to this. They won the fifth game. It was a mistake." Zhou Yang said a little annoyed.Although he is now promoted to A-level qualification.The ability has been significantly improved a lot.But if the opponent restricts his teammates in a game.Then the "Jordan Law" will work on him!

It's hard to do a game if you want to limit some players.But if the result you want in a game is to win, you can think about it from another angle.I let you go on purpose, or our team let your 4 teammates go on purpose.

Either we bet that your teammates don't perform well, or we bet that even if you break the scoring record in the playoffs, you still can't win the game!

This is what Mengmeng and Zhou Yang said afterward.What worries Zhou Yang right now is that if they fail in this game, the Thunder will directly eliminate them and advance to the second round of the playoffs.

After a 6-game tug-of-war, both teams have no way out.

But the impact of these games on the young players of the team is huge.If players who have really experienced the playoffs will grow faster.The Thunder have also seen that there are a group of outstanding young people playing on the court, but there is no absolute leader to lead the team to stabilize the rhythm of the game.

From the point of view of their Rockets, the overall stability of the Rockets is slightly better than that of the Thunder!Some tactics in the playoffs and the sudden short-circuit of players like Harden and Cook made Scott feel powerless.

There are many conditions needed to win the playoffs.Luck is involved, but at least your team can play and score.Otherwise, the balance of victory will immediately go to the opposing team!

"It's unrealistic to talk about how to limit Zhou Yang now. Are there any other teams in the league that can limit him? Let's focus on Yao Ming. Try to let him end in the first three quarters. Then we will Then you can quickly break through the interior to take advantage."

Closed training has already been held for the fifth game between the Thunder and the Rockets!After the pre-match training, the reporters flocked into the arena. The first to interview was Westbrook, who has improved rapidly this season.Durant also ushered in a reporter's interview shortly after he was less than 5 meters away from Westbrook
"Honestly I'm looking at this now and it's hard to say which team is going to make it to the second round of the playoffs. You know both teams have their strengths. They both won Game [-] and Game [-]. One game, if you look at who wins at home, then the Thunder may have to play a few games to win today."

"This year's playoffs, I read that no matter the newspaper or our place haha, the news is basically the same. We didn't communicate about this in advance. That is, this season's playoffs will be much more exciting! The first round of the Western Conference here The Thunder and the Rockets went to Game [-] abruptly! If I say Smith, no matter who advances to the two teams, it is justified. But I think the Thunder can win in the end!"

Before the live TV broadcast, the host and guests had already discussed the game intensely.

"Just execute the tactics well. Be careful not to make low-level mistakes in every round. Pass the ball to your teammates and attack by yourself. Even if you can't score, you should try to draw fouls from the opponent. Finally, boys, you, no matter What is the result today, you all played very well this season!"

Adelman actually has a lot to say to the players.But thinking about the game before the game also took up a lot of his time.He felt that it was a waste of time to communicate with the players.And now in the limited time in the locker room, the Rockets head coach said something from his heart in short words.

The players know that the contents of the previous instructions are relatively basic things.Indeed a match if you meet a strong opponent.But as long as you maintain a high level of competition in the basic aspects, it is very possible to win the game in the end!

But you'll find out when you go out there and play against your opponents.Usually some basic things are indeed difficult to achieve higher efficiency in live games.For example, passing, coordination, shooting and other things that have been done many times in training will still make all kinds of mistakes that you think of or don't think of.

The Thunder's lineup tonight is Cole, Durant, White, Westbrook and Harden!The Rockets' starting lineup is Yao Ming, Zhou Yang, Battier, Lowry, Martin!

"I didn't expect us to play for such a long time. We were careless and let you come to the seventh game." Durant looked directly at Zhou Yang and said to him calmly.

"It's okay, we will take you home personally today. In fact, we are also envious of the beautiful holiday," Zhou Yang replied immediately.

"." Durant didn't know what to say at this moment.Zhou Yang, are you spoiling the atmosphere like this?What happened to Zhou Yang, who hadn't played against them in the previous six games?Du Shao didn't react for a while, and stood there in a daze.

"You, don't you look at whose home field this is. How dare you say this, we were in the previous game."

"Where are we going to play after the game?" Zhou Yang ignored Durant and turned to talk to Yao Ming.

"I'll go with you! You choose the place yourself~" Dayao immediately replied.At this time, the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee. Yao Ming got the basketball first and passed it to Zhou Yang!
Durant wanted to have a few words with what may be the season's strongest rival at the same position.Because they haven't lost at home since the playoffs!But Zhou Yang completely disrupted his train of thought!He gritted his teeth and looked at Zhou Yang, then immediately retreated to guard against him!
At this time, Zhou Yang's personal ability is as if he is cheating!For the Thunder, no matter who defends Zhou Yang, it is a very headache!It didn't take long for Zhou Yang to score a jumper next to Durant!
Westbrook and Du Shao exchanged glances.Then Harden took the ball to the frontcourt. Not long after Westbrook got the basketball, he used Durant's pick-and-roll to rush to the inside of the Rockets and let Yao Ming get the foul and make the ball! !

The fans at the scene immediately burst into loud cheers!Compared with the fifth game, today's game is quite similar.And let Yao Ming foul earlier!Before the game, the coach has emphasized that if such a situation occurs, the opponent will be let in.Yao Ming hesitated for a while at the time. He felt that Westbrook could still be blocked, but the final result was the worst one.

Not only did you receive a foul, but you also scored 2+1!After Westbrook made a free throw, he waved his arms and hammered his chest, and then waved his arms a few times.Instigated by Westbrook, the atmosphere at the scene heated up a lot again!

"Yao Ming, you just let them go. It's a wrong decision not to let them go," Zhou Yang immediately ran over and said to Dayao.Yao Ming nodded heavily.When Westbrook had contact with him and the referee blew his whistle, he regretted it.

Hassan was watching the game in front of him from the sidelines.He is ready.It is still what Zhou Yang said, "You can go to him in the game, and the data you get is yours. If you lose, blame me and Yao Ming." This is in my heart.Only in this way can Whiteside let go and play the game.

In fact, even if he said at the press conference that he was responsible, no one would blame him.Unless a team is very good off the bench, everyone will basically go to the head coach Li and the main lineup to win or lose.

Hassan feels like he's been on a roller coaster this season.At the beginning of the season, I thought I would go to the CBA.He came to the Rockets in a daze, and finally signed a one-year guaranteed contract with the team.

I have to say that I still have to thank Zhou Yang for this.If his sister hadn't sent someone to sign a contract with him, and if Zhou Yang hadn't strongly recommended him in the media at the time, maybe he wouldn't have been able to welcome the opportunity to play for the Rockets.

Hassan was thinking about Martin running from one side of Adelman to the other.Then Lowry took over the basketball and came up with a three-way stick.There was laughter immediately.The basketball went out of bounds, and Durant went to the frontcourt quietly after getting the ball.He is like a hunter in the jungle. On the one hand, he hides his whereabouts so that it is difficult to detect what he is going to do next, and on the other hand, he is carefully looking for his prey!
Immediately amidst the exclamations of the fans, Durant made a turnaround similar to that of Zhou Yang, successfully passed Battier, and then faced Yao Ming for a layup! !The referee immediately blew the whistle!Du Shao was almost injured when he landed!But immediately adjusted his footsteps and quickly ran over to give Westbrook a high-five!
2 free throws were made.Adelman closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then signaled for a timeout.The plot is very similar to the fifth game.The old man also knew, and the Thunder team obviously did better in this game than in the fifth game!
Not only Dayao made 2 fouls at the start.And the whole team seems to be out of shape.In recent seasons, whenever the Rockets entered the playoffs, they basically looked like this.The Utah Jazz have always been very calm before, and this season will end their season with the Oklahoma City Thunder?

"Hassan, come on, the opponent is playing the game with a purpose. And they are doing very well today in terms of execution! At this time, our bargaining chips are running low. Zhou Yang shrinks his defense and be careful of the opponent's attack on the inside. The main offense to Brooks and Martin."

Back from the game, Hassan and Brooks played on the Rockets side.The Rockets' plans at this time were disrupted.They can only win a chance for themselves by breaking through quickly!Zhou Yang is not only good at offense, but also not weak in defense.

If he goes to attack alone, Adelman is worried that the opponent will make tactics against Zhou Yang.At that time, the Rockets may really have no tactics to deal with the Thunder.

After the game came back, the opposing team's players were all beaming.The Rockets always felt uncomfortable with Yao Ming there.Your layup will basically be interfered by Dayao.If you don't hit a rebound, it's basically the rocket's fault!This big guy is really a headache!
Fortunately, although the Thunder may not have the experience of the Rockets.There are also certain restrictions on the combat power of players.But the team still has players who respond very well!Zhou Yang is now so strong that they can't control it!But Yao Ming and they grasped this point and it seemed that it would not be difficult to win the Rockets!

(End of this chapter)